Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.